THE PARADOX OF FALSEHOOD AND NON-BEING [PDF]
HOW CAN WE THINK OR SAY WHAT IS NOT? IF WE EQUATE WHAT-IS-NOT WITH NOTHING, THEN A THOUGHT OF NOTHING WOULD SEEM TO BE NO THOUGHT AT ALL; IF WE DON’T, WE ARE CONDEMNED TO ADMIT THAT WHAT-IS-NOT IS, SEEMINGLY INCURRING IN SELF-REFUTATION. IN THIS PAPER, I ADDRESS THIS PARADOX THROUGH THE LENSES OF PARMENIDES, PLATO, RUSSELL, AND THE EARLY WITTGENSTEIN.
WITTGENSTEIN’S TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT IN ETHICS [PDF]
THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ARE NARRATIVES AIMED AT MAKING US VISUALIZE A POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT, WHEN PROPERLY "RUN" IN OUR THOUGHT, LEADS US TO CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS. TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS MAY LEAD US TO THE RECOGNITION OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF REPRESENTATION OF REALITY. IN THIS PAPER, I ARGUE THAT IN HIS 'LECTURE ON ETHICS' WITTGENSTEIN EMPLOYED A TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT TO CLARIFY ETHICS AND (WHAT WE MAY CAUTIOUSLY CALL) ETHICAL EXPRESSIONS.
HOW CAN WE THINK OR SAY WHAT IS NOT? IF WE EQUATE WHAT-IS-NOT WITH NOTHING, THEN A THOUGHT OF NOTHING WOULD SEEM TO BE NO THOUGHT AT ALL; IF WE DON’T, WE ARE CONDEMNED TO ADMIT THAT WHAT-IS-NOT IS, SEEMINGLY INCURRING IN SELF-REFUTATION. IN THIS PAPER, I ADDRESS THIS PARADOX THROUGH THE LENSES OF PARMENIDES, PLATO, RUSSELL, AND THE EARLY WITTGENSTEIN.
WITTGENSTEIN’S TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT IN ETHICS [PDF]
THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS ARE NARRATIVES AIMED AT MAKING US VISUALIZE A POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT, WHEN PROPERLY "RUN" IN OUR THOUGHT, LEADS US TO CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS. TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS MAY LEAD US TO THE RECOGNITION OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF REPRESENTATION OF REALITY. IN THIS PAPER, I ARGUE THAT IN HIS 'LECTURE ON ETHICS' WITTGENSTEIN EMPLOYED A TRANSCENDENTAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT TO CLARIFY ETHICS AND (WHAT WE MAY CAUTIOUSLY CALL) ETHICAL EXPRESSIONS.